New Functionality in COMSOL 4.2a

The LiveLink for MATLAB® includes the
following new functionality and performance improvements:

New function mphsolinfo that returns information about
a particular solution. This function supersedes the function mphgetp,
which may be removed in a future version.

The function mphgetu can now return more than one
solution vector.

Updated plots in mphplot and mphviewselection
to accommodate new plot types and selection types.

The MATLAB node includes
additional functionality:

The Minimize calls option
reduces the number of calls from COMSOL to MATLAB.

The new Clear Functions
capabilities makes it easier to update M-files without having to
restart MATLAB.

Numerous optimizations for improved performance and memory
handling.

New model library containing examples that illustrate the LiveLink
for MATLAB unique capabilities such as: extracting data at the MATLAB
prompt, running models in nested loops, and using previous solution
data and external MATLAB function callbacks in the COMSOL Desktop.

Known Issues

The option to plot on a server by starting a COMSOL server with the
option -graphics is not supported on the Mac.

Backward Compatibility vs. Version 3.5a

Geometry

The functionality corresponding to the geometry functions geom2
and geom3 from version 3.5a is not available in version
4.2a. This functionality will be available in a later release.

COMSOL API

See the section “The COMSOL Java API” on page 24 regarding changes in
the COMSOL API.